Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present by Yanis Varoufakis

$30.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

What would a fair and equal society look like? Imagine it is now 2025 and that years earlier, in the wake of the world financial crisis of 2008, a new post-Capitalist society had been born. In this ingenious book, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis draws on the greatest thinkers in European cultur e from Plato to Marx to offer us a dramatic and tantalising glimpse of this brave new world, where the principles of democracy, equality and justice are truly served. But in setting out what would be needed to forge such a society, he identifies a painful but important truth- that the greatest obstacles to making such a vision a reality lie within each of us. This book offers answers to some of the most pressing questions of today. It also challenges us to consider how we might answer them in our lives. It is a book to return to, time and again, for ideas and provocation, for solace and inspiration.     ...Show more

Cult Status: Building a Business that People Adore by Tim Dougan

$33.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

Enough has been written about huge cult brands founded last century - Nike, Apple, Red Bull. What will the cult companies of tomorrow look like? Who is amassing the kind of passionate community that makes a brand a massive, longterm, cult success? Tim Duggan, Co-Founder of one of Australia's most innova tive and awarded new media companies, has studied hundreds of entrepreneurs over the last decade to uncover what successful next generation businesses all have in common. Drawing on the strategy of the founders of modern companies with cult followings - including Blake Mycoskie (TOMS Shoes), Zoe Foster Blake (Go-To Skincare), Joe Gebbia (Airbnb - TBC), Melanie Perkins (Canva - TBC), Tim Brown (Allbirds), Daniel Flynn (Thankyou Group) and dozens more o Tim unveils the trends and principles driving modern business today. You'll learn- How the next generation of entrepreneurs think differently, and how you can tooThe one thing you should do before you start something newHow to have just as much impact working inside a business as you can from the outsideWhat trait every new leader will needWhy every business of the future needs to balance purpose and profit togetherHow to create a passionate community Why you need to embrace the ups and downsPractical exercises you can do today to help you create a business for tomorrow Armed with this book, anyone from anywhere can help create the next business with serious cult status. ...Show more

If Then - How One Data Company Invented the Future by Jill Lepore

$33.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge--decades before Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Cambridge Analytica. Silicon Valley likes to imagine it has no past but the scientists of Simu lmatics are the long-dead grandfathers of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Borrowing from psychological warfare, they used computers to predict and direct human behavior, deploying their "People Machine" from New York, Cambridge, and Saigon for clients that included John Kennedy's presidential campaign, the New York Times, Young & Rubicam, and, during the Vietnam War, the Department of Defence. Jill Lepore, distinguished Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, unearthed from the archives the almost unbelievable story of this long-vanished corporation, and of the women hidden behind it. In the 1950s and 1960s, Lepore argues, Simulmatics invented the future by building the machine in which the world now finds itself trapped and tormented, algorithm by algorithm. ...Show more

The Trick: Why Some People Can Make Money and Other People Can't by William Leith

$30.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

Some people can make money. Other people can't. It's a thought that makes William Leith wake up in cold sweats. He doesn't know why it makes him feel anxious. After all, money isn't real. We created it. Humans did. It's our masterpiece. But the desire for it is killing us. It is this dilemma that sets W illiam Leith off on an adventure into the bizarre, morally dubious yet highly desirable world of the mega-rich. He spends a day with the real-life Wolf of Wall Street who, not content with his hundreds of millions, devised a fraud so he could make hundreds of millions more. He visits a Baroque mansion where a Russian half-billionaire lives alone with his butler. He tours the estate of Felix Dennis, the maverick tycoon who commissioned an avenue of statues to tell the story of his life. He flies to private islands on private jets, meets private men in private clubs, experiencing the dizzy highs of a life without limits o but all it does is give him crippling anxiety. Throughout it all he asks himself- what makes these people wealthy? And how come I'm not? ...Show more

Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems by Abhijit V. Banerjee; Esther Duflo

$23.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

FROM THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS 'Wonderfully refreshing . . . A must read' Thomas Piketty In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems o f our day. From immigration to inequality, slowing growth to accelerating climate change, we have the resources to address the challenges we face but we are so often blinded by ideology. Original, provocative and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times offers the new thinking that we need. It builds on cutting-edge research in economics - and years of exploring the most effective solutions to alleviate extreme poverty - to make a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. A much-needed antidote to polarized discourse, this book shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world. ...Show more

Consequences of Capitalism by Noam Chomsky; Marv Waterstone

$33.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

Is there an alternative to capitalism? In this landmark text Chomsky and Waterstone chart a critical map for a more just and sustainable society.'Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.'How does politics shape our world, our lives and our perceptions? How much of 'common sense' is actually driven by the ruling classes' needs and interests? And how are we to challenge the capitalist structures that now threaten all life on the planet?Consequences of Capitalism exposes the deep, often unseen connections between neoliberal 'common sense' and structural power. In making these linkages, we see how the current hegemony keeps social justice movements divided and marginalized. And, most importantly, we see how we can fight to overcome these divisions. ...Show more

Budgets Don't Work (but This Does): Drop the One-Size Fits All Approach to Money and Discover the Power of Knowing Your Own Individual Financial Type by Melissa Browne

$30.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

In this breakthrough book you'll discover your Money Story, your Money Type and just as importantly you'll learn the habits, triggers and tricks that are right for you.

Touching the Jaguar - Transforming Fear into Action to Change Your Life and the World by John Perkins

$30.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

"This eloquent book inspires us to create a new reality of what it means to be human on this magnificent planet." --Deepak Chopra When New York Times bestselling author John Perkins was a young Peace Corps volunteer, his life was saved by an Amazonian shaman who taught him to "touch the jaguar"--to tran sform his fears into positive action. He went on to become an "economic hit man" (EHM), convincing developing countries to build huge infrastructure projects that put them perpetually in debt to the World Bank and other US-controlled institutions. Although he sincerely believed this was the best model for economic development, he came to realize it was really a new form of colonialism. Returning to the Amazon, he saw the destructive impact of his EHM work. But he also was inspired by a previously uncontacted tribe that touched its jaguar by uniting with its enemies to defend its territory against invading oil and mining companies. For the first time, Perkins details how his experiences in the Amazon converted him from an EHM to a crusader for transforming our failing Death Economy that destroys its own resources and nature itself into a flourishing Life Economy that renews itself. He provides a strategy for each of us to change our lives and defend our territory--the earth--against destructive policies and systems. ...Show more

Bad Egg How To Fix Super by Andrew Bragg

$24.95 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

The Art of Fairness - The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean by David Bodanis

$33.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

Unlocking the Emperor's Door - Success, Tradition and Innovation in China by Chris Sheedy

$33.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

The compelling story of one man, one company and one country. If you are interacting with Chinese businesses, doing business in China, hoping to understand more about this incredible country, or simply wanting to see what can be achieved through passion, commitment, and integrity, this is the book for you. Unlocking the Emperor's Door documents the life of a man who has been at the heart of Chinese innovation for decades, whose story shows how small things matter, how big risks pay off, and how business and government intertwine in China. Demonstrating the impact of vision and persistence, you will meet Li Jinyuan, the founder and Chairman of Tiens Group - known locally as Tianshi - and uncover his story of success. You will gain profound insights into the people of China, including its younger generation - and better understand the nation which is driving the World economy. Set against the stunning backdrop of modern China, this rags to riches tale of triumph over tragedy, restless adaptation, and individual courage in a complex system, reveals truths about business in China that are vitally relevant today and will be essential tomorrow. ...Show more

Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel

$30.00 AUD

Category: Business & Economics

Over the past few years, the world has awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause- capitalism. Our current economic system is based on perpetual growth, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to m eaningful and immediate change- degrowth. If we want to have a shot at surviving the Anthropocene, we need to restore the balance. We need to scale down excess industrial activity and evolve beyond the dusty dogmas of capitalism to a new system that is fit for the twenty-first-century. But what does such an economy look like? What about jobs? What about health? What about progress? This book tackles these questions and traces a clear pathway to a post-capitalist economy. An economy that's more just, more caring, and more fun. An economy that enables human flourishing while reversing ecological breakdown. An economy that will not only lift us out of our current crisis, but also help us to change the way we see our place in the world. By taking less, we could be more. ...Show more